Friday, April 13, 2012

Ben Soleimani...

Ben Soleimani has turned his family's four-genertation rug dynasty into a worldwide empire﻿ — and now his genre-defying designs are available through Restoration Hardware. The collections consist of one stunning rug after another. A few of my favorites are shown here: Satta, Hanna, and Miya.

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"By the time I was eight-years-old I knew every kind of weave there is and where the rug was made just from lookin at it..." — Ben Soleimani

1 comment:

You know what does it for me? The impression of age and handcrafting by way of irregular patterns and muted colors. Brilliant! I can't imagine living with a yellow rug, but I can't imagine not living with one now that I've seen Hanna.

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